Jake Gyllenhaal just lately opened up on “The Howard Stern Present” about what it was like dropping two main roles in the course of the remaining rounds of casting: Batman in Christopher Nolan‘s “Batman Begins” and Christian in Baz Luhrmann’s “Moulin Rouge!” On the latter movie, the audition course of got here all the way down to Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger and Ewan McGregor. It’s right here the place Gyllenhaal first heard of Ledger, who would later turn out to be his co-star in “Brokeback Mountain.”

“What I felt was disappointment once I didn’t get it. Each Heath and I have been disenchanted,” Gyllenhaal mentioned. “However that’s Ewan McGregor’s half. You be taught to go, ‘There’s one other one. I can attempt to go in and audition for an additional one. I’ll get one thing else.’ You retain that perspective.”

Gyllenhaal maintained that wholesome mindset when he misplaced out on “Batman Begins” just a few years after “Moulin Rouge!” fell by. David S. Goyer, who got here up with the story for “Batman Begins” and co-wrote the script with Nolan, just lately confirmed rumors that Gyllenhaal was his private high choose to play Batman in Nolan’s trilogy. Christian Bale finally received the function.

“To [Nolan’s] credit score and to Baz [Luhrmann’s] credit score, each of these administrators known as me personally to inform me [I didn’t get the role],” Gyllenhaal mentioned. “And they’re going to let you know why. Whenever you get that far, there’s an actual legitimacy to you probably getting one thing. It’s not like they’re going, ‘Oh, thanks a lot.’ They’re going, ‘I noticed these elements of you that I actually wished within the function and are fantastic, however ultimately I ended up transferring this manner as a result of it matches higher with this one that is reverse you or can be reverse you. The colour of their hair or their peak, no matter it’s!! There are all these non components that basically are the inexplicable stuff that when you begin to choose away at it doesn’t work, it’s not wholesome.”

“To me, I simply go: ‘Have a look at how far you bought! So simply attempt to conserving going.’ That’s what I felt,” the actor continued. “I keep in mind getting a name from Christopher Nolan and considering, ‘I simply obtained a name personally from Christopher Nolan. That’s fairly cool. I’ve gotten fairly far. I went from them going they aren’t certain [about me] to a name saying they’re actually fascinated with you for this film. So okay, I ought to hold going. I ought to simply hold going.”

Gyllenhaal was coming off the catastrophe film “The Day of Tomorrow” when Nolan thought of him for “Batman Begins.” Though he didn’t get to play the Caped Crusader, dropping the function did open the door for him to take acclaimed movies resembling “Brokeback Mountain” and “Jarhead,” each of which opened the identical 12 months as Nolan’s comedian e-book tentpole. Gyllenhaal just lately instructed Display screen Rant that he’d nonetheless be serious about taking part in Batman.

“Oh, man. That’s a traditional [role]. It’s an honor,” Gyllenhaal answered. “Talking of taking part in roles that different unbelievable actors have performed prior to now … Once I give it some thought, I’m going to play Iago in ‘Othello’ with Denzel Washington, and I take into consideration just like the historical past of actors which have performed that function all through time, and I’m intimidated by that. In order that’s the primary degree. That’s what I’m engaged on proper now. However in fact. It could be an honor at all times. These varieties of issues and people roles are classics.”

Watch Gyllenhaal’s look on “The Howard Stern Present” within the video beneath.